My Homemade Newborn Cloth Diapers

So I have been sewing my entire newborn stash of cloth diapers, which has been so much fun! I love making them! I wish I had a sewing machine here in the hospital so I could keep working on them though, because I didn't get as many made as I had hoped to. However, my grandmother will also be making me several, so that will be a huge blessing! Especially since a newborn will go through more diapers a day than an older baby/toddler.

All of these diapers are fitted diapers, so they are not water proof, but water resistent. During the day I can leave them without a cover if I want to, however I will be making some wool covers to put over them and possibly a few waterproof covers after she is born.

By making my own newborn diapers I saved about $250 on newborn cloth diapers alone!! This does not include the money we will save by not using disposables.  On my OS diapers I will save at least $150-$450 on those cloth diapers.  Making them definitely takes more time and effort, but the savings is fantastic! Plus this way I have creative choices.
You can watch here how I made these diapers! This is a multiple part series, but here it part 1:


Here are some of the diapers that I have made! (Lots of pictures! Sorry!)

All-In-One Hybrid Fitted

Above:  This was my first diaper.
Closure: Velcro
Inner fabric: Flannel
Outer fabric: Flannel
Hidden layer: fleece
Soaker: 2 layers of terry towel

All-In-One Hybrid Fitted

Above: This was my second diaper.
Closure: Velcro

Inner fabric: Micro-fleece
Outer fabric: Flannel
Hidden layer: fleece
Soaker: 2 layers of terry towel

Birds All-In-Two Hybrid Fitted 

Inner fabric: Flannel
Outer fabric: Eco Fleece
Hidden Soaker:  1 layer of terry towel

Separate Soaker:
2 layers microfiber
1 layer terry towel
surrounded by flannel

The remaining diapers have no closures, I plan to use either snappis or boingos to hook them.

Left: Front

Left: Back

 Left: Outside

Left: Inside and soaker

 Left:  The front rise is folded down to make the diaper even smaller.  Will be good to fit a smaller baby and under the umbilical cord.




























Breast Cancer All-In-Two Hybrid Fitted

Inner fabric: Micro-Fleece
Outer fabric: Flannel
Hidden fabric: Fleece
Hidden Soaker:  1 layer of terry towel

Separate Soaker:
2 layers microfiber
1 layer terry towel
surrounded by flannel

 A part of the stash picture

Houses All-In-Two Hybrid Fitted

Inner fabric: Micro-Fleece
Outer fabric: Eco Fleece
Hidden fabric: fleece
Hidden Soaker:  1 layer of terry towel

Separate Soaker:
2 layers microfiber
1 layer terry towel
surrounded by flannel and micro fleece

 Owl All-In-Two Hybrid Fitted 

Inner fabric: Micro-Fleece
Outer fabric: Flannel
Hidden fabric: fleece
Hidden Soaker:  1 layer of terry towel

Separate Soaker:
2 layers microfiber
1 layer terry towel
surrounded by flannel and micro fleece

Stripes All-In-Two Hybrid Fitted

Sorry it's sideways... I don't know how to rotate it on here.

Inner fabric: Flannel
Outer fabric:Flannel
Hidden fabric: fleece
Hidden Soaker:  1 layer of terry towel

Separate Soaker:
2 layers microfiber
1 layer terry towel
surrounded by flannel

 Green Plaid All-In-Two Hybrid Fitted

Inner fabric: Flannel
Outer fabric: Flannel
Hidden fabric: fleece
Hidden Soaker:  1 layer of terry towel

Separate Soaker:
2 layers microfiber
1 layer terry towel
surrounded by flannel

Although these are not all the ones I made, this shows the different fabric choices I have. I have several diapers that look very similar because of the fabric choices.  When I get home I would like to make a few more newborn diapers if I have the time and energy. But then I need to get started on her bigger One-Size diapers.  The one size diapers can change size with snaps making them bigger and smaller.

What do you think of my diapers? Have you ever made any cloth diapers? I'd love to see them!

Love,
Erica

Cloth Diapering and some Giveaways I have found!

My goodness, I've been terrible about blogging lately! You would think, since I have so much time during the day that I would definitely do more stable blog posts, but it's actually the exact opposite. I think sometimes I have too much time and I don't want to use that to be productive. :)

Lately I've been doing insane amounts of research as far as cloth diapering goes! I think that sometimes I may research it a little too much, but I guess I just want all the information I can have before A. I make a huge purchase and B. before Marie actually gets here! Lately I've been signing up for lots of giveaways as far as cloth diapers go. I'm hoping that I may be able to win a few of them so that I can get some variety in my stash without having to pay a fortune, but I'm not really expecting anything.

I'm not going to go too in depth in this post about cloth diapers themselves, but I will definitely have several posts to come that will go into it further and really explain the things that I have learned with all my searching.

 If you're interested in cloth diapering, you should check out some of these giveaways!
Awesome Cloth diapers
Diaper Junction 
The Cloth Diaper Whisperer
Cloth Diaper Geek
Dirty Diaper Laundry

If you read this post after this week those specific giveaways may be closed, but check the blogs there are bound to be others that have started!  Those are only a few of the many giveaways out there and I can wait to see if I happen to get any of them!

With love,
Erica